Fishing net

ABSTRACT

A fishing net formed of monofilaments 200 to 2,000 deniers thick which are prepared mainly from polyamide resin blended with polypropylene and, if desired, at least one selected from the group consisting of polyester resin, polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride.

O United States Patent [1 1 1111 3,793,822 Kawai Feb. 26, 1974 FISHING NET 2,590,586 3/1952 Thompson, Jr. et al 87/12 x 2,792,617 5/1957 H II [75] lnventor: Sho r Kawai, Tokyo, Japan 2870669 H1959 z z [73] Assignee: Momoi Fishing Net Manufacturing g I uy Hyogo Japan 3,632,714 1/1972 Fairbanks 264/103 [22] Filed: July 14, 1971 Primary Examiner-John Petrakes [21] Appl" 162,441 Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Kemon, Palmer &

Estabrook [52] US. Cl. 57/140 BY, 43/7, 87/12 [51] Int. CL... A0lk 71/00, AOlk 73/00, D02g 3/04 7 ABSTRACT [58] Field of Search 87/12; 57/140 BY, 140 R; [5

2 4/103 43/7 9 12 14; 6 6 A fishing net formed Of monofilaments 200 t0 2,000

. deniers thick which are prepared mainly from polyam- [56] References Cited ide resin blended with polypropylene and, if desired, UNITED STATES PATENTS at least one selected from the group consisting of poly- 3 329 O6] 67 M 87,12 ester resin, polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene omo1 3,507,109 4/1970 Nakazawa Chlonde' 3,015,150 1/1962 Fior 87/12 X 10 Claims, 1 Drawing Figure FISHING NET BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a fishing net suitable as a purse seine, trawl net or trap net. In most of the prior art fishing nets, a proper number of multifilaments of polyamide resin are twisted into strands which are in turn formed into cords. These cords are further so arranged as to fabricate netting. There is known another type of fishing net which is formed by twisting monofilaments of polyamide resin directly into cords and arranging said cords into netting.

In any case, the prior art netting thus formed had to be subjected to a variety of post treatments, such as, heat treatment, coloring and resin coating so as to improve hygroscopicity, water repellency, sinking speed, frictional resistance and mechanical rigidity. While such post treatments can indeed improve the quality of netting, to some extent, the resulting effect is only temporary, so that similar post treatments must be repeated every several fishery operations.

In recent years, the operation of a purse seine and trawl net has become more mechanized. As a result, a violent frictional force resulting from the use of a net lifting apparatus is applied to the net, so that such a fishing net as resistible to the aforesaid friction has been needed. Further, it is essential that the trap net has a large specific gravity and a proper extent of stiffness, in order to provide the net with suitable net shaping and sweeping by current in water. In these respects, the prior art fishing net is not satisfactory.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention has been achieved in view of the aforementioned circumstances and accordingly it is an object of the invention to provide a fishing net which has various improved properties in respect of, for example, water absorption, water repellency, sinking speed, and resistivity to frictions resulting from mechanical or other harsh handlings. A further object of this invention is to provide a fishing net which is free from scaling off of its color.

Monofilaments used in the fishing net according to this invention are formed of a mixture of a major component of polyamide resin, a proper amount of polypropylene and, if necessary, at least one selected from the group consisting of polyester resin, polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride.

The words fishing net used herein is intended to particularly mean a purse seine, trawl net or trap net.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING The single FIGURE is an enlarged, broken view showing groups of monofilaments as twisted into strands of a cord according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION It has been found by the inventor that twisted monofilaments exhibit greatly improved extrusion and elongation when they are formed of material obtained by incorporating in polyamide resin a properamount of polypropylene. It is believed that the improvements in extrusion and elongation are owing to the fact that polypropylene having a better elongation ratio than polyamide resin is interposed between the molecules of the resin without forming chemical bonding therewith.

Examples of polyamide resin'used in the invention include 6 nylon and 6.6 nylon.

The dispersion into polyamide resin of a colorant is generally poor. It has been found, as a further advantage, that a colorant is excellently dispersed into a mixture of polyamide resin and polypropylene according to this invention. For example, a colored chip of polypropylene may be used to obtain well dispersed excellent coloration. Further, the use of polypropylene makes it possible to spin monofilaments from a mixture with polyamide resin of such material, for example, polyester resin, polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride, as are known to have difficulties in forming a mixture with polyamide resin. In other words, a proper amount of polyester resin, such as, polyethylene terephthalate and a copolymer thereof, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride or the like each having a greater specific gravity than polyamide resin can be selectively used to give a fishing net various properties not attained heretofore, such as a good sinking speed and a good spread in the operated state.

In prior art multifilaments of polyamide resin type, the production per run of the filaments is forced to be great due to the nature of manufacturing equipments used and arrangements therefor, with the result that coloring of the raw material is practically next to impossible. Such coloring can be made in the production of a monofilament, as in this invention, since a spinning nozzle can be easily replaced. In the polyamide multifilament, the filament used is fine. For example, a strand of 210 deniers generally consists of 24 filaments of 9 deniers. A fishing net formed of strands of the above nature has a weak friction resistance and can not maintain its rigidity unless it is additionally surface treated by tar base resin. Such resin, however, tends to fall off after several times of operation.

A monofilament used in the invention is colored when it is spun, so that decoloration of the net due to use can be avoided. The use of polypropylene as part of the raw material serves to increase the frictional resistance of the net so that the net is not damaged after several times of use as in the prior art.

A monofilament is producible in the range of 15 and 4,000 deniers. When monofilaments are twisted into a strand, the thicker is each monofilament, the greater the frictional resistance becomes. However, the entire structure of the strands or a cord formed becomes hard, which causes twisting and net-arranging operation to be carried out with increasing difficulty. Further, such filaments may make a fishing net too hard, and cause some trouble in the finish and handling of the net material. For this reason, the monofilament according to this invention should preferably fall within the range of 200 and 2,000 deniers. The monofilament below that range is not preferred because of its insufficient resistance to friction. The monofilament whose thickness is above the above-said range will cause the fishing net to have an excellent frictional resistance, but is not preferred from the standpoint of twisting and net-forming processes since the stiffness of the net is undesirably increased. When monofilaments are formed into a fishing net without being twisted, a filament of 1,000 to 10,000 deniers should preferably be selected.

The proportion of polypropylene to be introduced into polyamide resin ranges from 1 to 10 weight percent, preferably from 2 to 5 weight percent. Similarly,

the proportion of polyester resin or polyvinyl chloride is preferably below 40 weight percent. In case it is above 40 weight percent, a difficulty arises in manufacturing the monofilament and simultaneously the black monofilaments. The monofilaments thus obtained have no possibility that the coloring matter will fall off by any kind of frictions, in contrast to the prior art multifilaments coated of tar base resin thereon.

strength thereof is decreased. Further, the proportion 5 What is claimed is: of polyvinylidene chloride is preferably below 30 l. A fishing net made of a plurality of cords formed weight percent. In case it is more than 30 weight perof monofilaments 200 to 2,000 deniers thick, said cent, a difficulty arises in manufacturing the monofilamonofilaments being prepared mainly from polyamide ment as described above and simultaneously there can resin blended with l to weight percent of polypronot be obtained such a filament having sufficient 10 pylene based on the monofilaments. strength. 2. The fishing net according to claim 1 wherein said monofilament contains at least one plastic resin se- EXAMPLE 1 lected from the group consisting of polyester resin, A cord constituting a fishing net according to the inpolyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride. ention, e.g.. a cord 3 obtained by twisting three 5 3. The fishing net according to claim 2 wherein said strands 2 each of which is constructed of a plurality of polyester resin is employed in an amount of less than monofilaments l as shown in the drawing was com- 40 weight percent based on the monofilaments. pared with a cord consisting of the prior art polyamide 4. The fishing net according to claim 2 wherein said resin multifilaments in respect of frictional resistance. polyvinyl chloride is employed in an amount of less The result is shown in Table 1. than 40 weight percent based on the monofilaments.

In Table l, with respect to the frictional resistance, 5- The fishing net aCCOrding to Claim 2 wherein Said there is shown the number of times friction was purpolyvinylidene chloride is employed in an amount of posely applied between the cord and iron until a cord eSS than e ght percent based on the monofilaor net material breaks in water by applying a load of me 1.0kg to the cord and a load of 3.0kg to the net material 25 6- The fishing net according to claim 1 wherein said (two meshes having three knots). rnon ofilament contains a colorant.

TABLE 1 7 Friction strength Fila- E Number Sample ment Strand Cord Cord material Multifilament 6 nylon 100% 9 x24 17 3 1,340 2, 806 Monofilament 6 nylon 98% polypropylnee 440 u 3 2, 74!) 18,215 Monoiilament same as above 1260 3 3 3,819 22, 672 Monofllament 6.6 nylon 60%, polyethylene terephtllalate 36%, {)OlYRI/Opylfil 440 5) 8 1,2 50 10, Monolilament 6 nylon 60%, polyvinyl chloride 88%, polypropy ene 1/... 440 u 3 2,120 19,1365 Monofllament 6 nylon 70%, polyvinylidene 25%, polypropylene 5% 440 4) 3 1, 940 3, 2M

NOTE.-t1 represents the denier of filaments.

In the above Table 1, sample No. 1 represents the prior art multifilament and samples Nos. 2 to 6 represent monofilaments according to the present invention. As will be apparent from Table l, a fishing net constructed of monofilaments according to the invention has an increased faction strength, semipermanently 7. The fishing net according to claim 6 wherein said colorant is carbon black.

8. The fishing net of claim 1 wherein said monofilaments contain 2 to 5 percent by weight polypropylene resin.

9. The fishing net of claim 1 wherein said monofilaments consist essentially of a blend of about 2 percent by weight polypropylene resin and about 98 percent by weight polyamide resin.

10. A fishing net made of a plurality of cords formed of monofilaments consisting essentially of a blend of at least 60 percent by weight polyamide resin, l10 percent by weight polypropylene resin, any remainder being a thermoplastic resin selected from the group consisting of polyester resin, polyvinyl chloride resin and polyvinylidene chloride resin, 

2. The fishing net according to claim 1 wherein said monofilament contains at least one plastic resin selected from the group consisting of polyester resin, polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride.
 3. The fishing net according to claim 2 wherein said polyester resin is employed in an amount of less than 40 weight percent based on the monofilaments.
 4. The fishing net according to claim 2 wherein said polyvinyl chloride is employed in an amount of less than 40 weight percent based on the monofilaments.
 5. The fishing net according to claim 2 wherein said polyvinylidene chloride is employed in an amount of less than 30 weight percent based on the monofilaments.
 6. The fishing net according to claim 1 wherein said monofilament contains a colorant.
 7. The fishing net according to claim 6 wherein said colorant is carbon black.
 8. The fishing net of claim 1 wherein said monofilaments contain 2 to 5 percent by weight polypropylene resin.
 9. The fishing net of claim 1 wherein said monofilaments consist essentially of a blend of about 2 percent by weight polypropylene resin and about 98 percent by weight polyamide resin.
 10. A fishing net made of a plurality of cords formed of monofilaments consisting essentially of a blend of at least 60 percent by weight polyamide resin, 1-10 percent by weight polypropylene resin, any remainder being a thermoplastic resin selected from the group conSisting of polyester resin, polyvinyl chloride resin and polyvinylidene chloride resin. 